So Farewell then…Jocky Wilson

Jocky, as many of you will know, made the often difficult leap from World of Sport ’80’s darts icon to trivia and pop culture legend after having his face plastered twenty feet high as the backdrop to Dexy’s Midnight Runner’s Top of the Pops appearance of “Jackie Wilson Said“.

Some said it was an error by a tea boy, others have claimed it was a deliberate joke in honour of the great man.

A classic clip for compilation shows, the moment can also be enjoyed on YouTube.

Fun Fact: you can identify whether somebody is under thirty years of age by asking them if they have heard of Dexy’s Midnight Runners. If you get a blank stare, you know they are under thirty. This doesn’t work as well using any other band name. Try it…

As a further aside it took me twenty years to realise that Dexy’s song was a cover version of a Van Morrison song.

I have mentioned my appalling knowledge of rock and roll (as I grew up) before, but for the record here is a snappily titled list of the Top Ten Cover Versions I Heard Before the Original: